Michael, No, its not too much to ask and any end user who has that kind of requirement can order a business service to get symmetrical service but the reality is that symmetrical service costs more and the vast majority of customers don't use the upstream capacity they have today. I have personal insight into about half a million devices and the percentage of people who bump up against their upstream rate is less than 0.2%. I have the ability to get data on another 10 million and the last time I checked their rates were similar. This kind of question has been asked of operators since long before cable companies could offer internet service. What happens if everyone in an area use their telephone (cellular or land line) at the same time? A fast busy or recorded "All circuits are busy message." Over subscription is a fact of economics in virtually everything we do. By this logic restaurants should be massively over built so that there is never a waiting line, highways should always be a speed limit ride, and all of these things would cost much more money than they do today. Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
Scott Helms wrote:
Mark,
Bandwidth use trends are actually increasingly asymmetical because of the popularity of OTT video.
Until my other half decides to upload a video.
Is it too much to ask for a bucket of bits that I can use in whichever direction happens to be needed at the moment?
Mike